Variational surface analysis from screen level atmospheric parameters

F. Bouyssel; V. Cassé; J. Pailleux

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v51i4.13863

Variational surface analysis from screen level atmospheric parameters

Tellus

Volume 51 (1999): Issue 4

By: F. Bouyssel, V. Cassé and J. Pailleux

Open Access

|Jan 1999

Abstract

A variational method to retrieve soil parameters from screen level parameters is investigated. A one-dimensional model including vertical diffusion and land-surface schemes is used. Asensitivity study evaluates the influence of soil moisture and temperature in 2 layers on the surface fluxes and the 2m parameters. The mean soil water content appears to be the most important soil parameter for modelling surface fluxes and 2m parameters. During stable conditions, the mean soil temperature is also important for a good forecast of screen level parameters. The screen-level observations are found to be informative on soil moistures during the day and on soil temperatures during the night. The characteristics of the variational assimilation method are presented in the framework of identical twin experiments. The general shape of the costfunction with a 24-h assimilation period reveals the ambiguity in the repartition of water in the two soil reservoirs and the presence of secondary minima. The ability of this method to initialize soil parameters is tested with various soil water contents and vegetation fraction covers. Finally, some results show the influence of the frequency of the observations and the length of the assimilation period on the quality of the analysis.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v51i4.13863 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 453 - 468

Submitted on: Jun 25, 1998

Accepted on: Nov 9, 1998

Published on: Jan 1, 1999

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© 1999 F. Bouyssel, V. Cassé, J. Pailleux, published by Stockholm University Press
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